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Here are some fun facts about St. Louis Streets from William B. and Marcella C. Magnan's "The Streets of St. Louis"...



-We had a Government Street and a Capitol Street



-We still have a Liberty Street



-We eliminated Pacific but we still have an Atlantic



-We had a Short Street, but no Long St.



-We have an End St., but no Beginning St.



-We have a Hill St. and a Dale St., Mound St. and High St., Plateau St., Cave St., High Pointe, High View, Valley and Prairie St.



-We have a River St., Water St., Ripple St., River Bluff Dr., Wharf, Dock and Ferry St.



-We have a Castle Lane, a Kings Drive, a Queens Avenue, a Duke Street and a Regal Place. The streets named for royalty in the city can't compare with the number of royalty streets in north St. Louis County. One area has Castle, Crown Point, Royal, Empire, Empress, Monarch, Viscount, Lord, and Earl St. It also has King and Queen, Prince and Princess, Baron and Baroness, Count and Countess, and Duke and Duchess Streets.



-We no longer have a Wood St., but we have an Iron St.



-We no longer have a Soft St., but we have a Sharp St.



-We had streets named Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, and two streets named Autumn. Spring and Fall, located in 63113, are all that are left.



-We have a Park, Forest, Gardenville, a Garden and a Fountain street.



-We have a North Court, East Court, West Court, and a South Court; we also have a Center Court.



-We had a Lucky St., and a Crooked Street.



-We have a Bent Street and a Half Street.



-We have a Pleasant Street and a Mount Pleasant Street.



-We have a Grace Avenue, Church Road, and Convent Street, but no Rectory street.



-We have a Berger and a Hamburg.



-We have a Pope Street, Cardinal Street, and Bishops Place, but no Priest Street. The nearest Priest St. is in Ballwin.

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This is interesting too:



Some streets names were changed when Carondelet was annexed by the City:



Pennsylvania --> Bates

Clark --> Eichelberger

Hiawatha --> Pulaski

Termination --> Delor

Allen --> Fassen

Berthold --> Bellerive

Market --> Bowen

Franklin --> Courtois

Block --> Keokuk

Pritchard --> Meramec

Endora --> Gustine

Lily --> Alexander



Carondelet once had street names running in alphabetical order:

Adams, now Eiler

Bates

Cedar, now Caldwell

Dover

Elwood

Fillmore

Grundy, eliminated

Illinois, now Iron

Kansas, now Holly Hills

Lafayette, now Soper

Miller, now Mott

Nebraska, now Haven

Olive, now Krauss

Pine, now Loughborough

Quincy

Randolph, now Blow

St. Louis, now Nagel

Taylor, now Robert

Union, now Upton

Vine, now Koeln

One more. Arthur is named for President Arthur.